Farewell, Ceremony For SYC-Bound Students To Singapore
By Azaraimy HH

Bandar Seri Begawan - Ten pre-university students from various government schools have been selected to represent the Sultanate for this year's Sunburst Youth Camp (SYC) 2005 held in Singapore from Dec 11 to 19.

The group of students will be joining other students from the host country Singapore, as well as Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines.

A farewell prayer and a flag handing-over ceremony were held yesterday at SM Pengiran Anak Puteri Hajah Masna at Lambak Kanan. Present as the guest of honour was Dr Haji Mahali bin Momin, Deputy Director of Schools at the Department of Schools, Ministry of Education

Also in attendance were the Principal of SM PAP Hajah Masna, Dyg Gazala bte Abdullah and her deputies, Hjh Fatimah bte Hj Johari, Hj Markandi bin Hj Kuris and Hjh Salmah bte Hj Ahmad as well as teachers and parents.

The students will be accompanied by Cikgu Syed Rozman bin Hj Syed Abd Rahim. During the ceremony yesterday, the students performed several cultural dances choreographed by their accompanying teacher, Cikgu Syed Rozman, to be staged during the cultural night at the end of the programme.

The SYC camp is a fully sponsored programme and part of Singapore Technology Endowment Programme (STEP) since 1999, which aims to support educational opportunities for youths and children in different regions.

Throughout the eight-day programme, the students will be divided and share rooms with students from other countries, in order to forge friendship among the participants.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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